Blue Jays score 20 to trounce Rays

Toronto lineup pounds out 27 hits in rout of MLB leader Tampa Bay

The Toronto Blue Jays handed the Tampa Bay Rays a 20-1 defeat Friday in St. Petersburg, Fla., the largest losing margin in franchise history.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had six RBIs and the Blue Jays ended their five-game losing streak by piling up 27 hits and scoring their last 10 runs against positional players mopping up on the mound.

Guerrero put Toronto ahead with an RBI single against rookie Taj Bradley (31) in the first, had a run-scoring single in the fifth that opened a 10-0 lead and hit a 423-foot grand slam in the ninth against Luke Raley. All 12 Toronto batters had hits.

George Springer had four hits, and Bo Bichette, Whit Merrifield, Guerrero and Danny Jansen had three apiece.

Jose Berrios (4-4) allowed one run, five hits and two walks while striking out five in seven innings.

Raley, normally a first baseman/outfielder, allowed seven runs and eight hits over 1 2/3 innings. He threw 27 pitches of 47-54 mph, striking out Guerrero in the eighth. Catcher Christian Bethancourt took the mound with two outs in the ninth and gave up Daulton Varsho’s RBI single and Jansen’s two-run home run.

Other games White Sox 4, Guardians 2:

Chicago erased a 2-1 deficit with three runs in the top of the seventh. Romy Gonzalez drove in two runs with a double after the inning’s first run scored on an error by third baseman Jose Ramirez.

Diamondbacks 4, Phillies 3: Rookie Corbin Carroll’s third hit of the game drove in Lourdes Gurriel Jr. with the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning and Gregory Soto and Yunior Marte each pitched a scoreless inning to help Arizona win its fourth in a row.

Cardinals 8, Reds 5: Paul Goldschmidt hit solo home runs in the first and third innings and St. Louis built its lead to 7-3 with a three-run fourth capped by Tommy Edman’s two-run triple.

Yankees 6, Orioles 5: Aaron Judge tied the game with his 14th home run in the ninth inning and New York won in the 10th on rookie Anthony Volpe’s sacrifice fly to deep center to sore designated runner DJ LeMahieu from third.

Brewers 6, Astros 0: Milwaukee blew open the game with four runs in the bottom of the eighth on Brian Anderson’s two- run double and Owen Miller’s two-run home run to end Houston’s eightgame winning streak. Colin Rea (1-3) struck out four in 5 1/3 innings for the win.

Giants 4, Twins 3: San Francisco spotted host Minnesota to a 3-0 lead on Byron Buxton’s two-run homer in the first and Michael Taylor’s solo blast in the fifth, but the Giants scored twice in sixth on consecutive bases loaded walks and twice in the seventh on Michael Conforto’s two-run homer.

Cubs 7, Mets 2: Seiya Suzuki and Matt Mervis homered in the second to put Chicago ahead and rookie Christopher Morel capped the scoring with a solo home run in the seventh, his ninth of the season. Pete Alonso hit his MLB-leading 18th homer in the fourth for New York.

Padres 7, Nationals 4: San Diego got home runs from Xavier Bogaerts, Brandon Dixon, Juan Soto and Jake Cronenworth to back Yu Darvish, who struck out four in six innings to even his record at 3-3.

Dodgers 8, Braves 1: Bobby Miller won his MLB debut, allowing one run over five innings to lead Los Angeles past Atlanta. J.D. Martinez

and Jason Heyward homered for the Dodgers, who also got three RBIs from Will Smith.

Royals 4, Tigers 1: Maikel Garcia had three hits, an RBI and a run scored to help Kansas City defeat Detroit. Mike Mayers allowed one run on six hits in 4 2/3 innings in his first start for the Royals. He struck out a career-high eight and walked one. Jose Cuas (30) was the winner and Aroldis Chapman pitched a scoreless nine for his second save.

Rockies 5, Marlins 4: Colorado used a four-run fifth inning to beat Miami. Randal Grichuk had the big hit, a two-run single. Ryan McMahon followed with an RBI groundout. The Marlins mounted a rally in the ninth that fizzled after Jorge Soler’s RBI double cut the lead to one.